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Franchise history

Triple-A baseball came to Iowa's
capital city in 1969, as the Iowa Oaks of the American Association
began play. The Oaks were affiliates of the Oakland Athletics (1969–1973), the
Chicago White Sox (1973–1974 and
1976–1980), and the Houston Astros
(1975). In 1981, the team affiliated with the Chicago Cubs and adopted the nickname of the
parent team, although it is often shortened to "I-Cubs" by fans and
media to avoid confusion with the major league team. The team
became part of the Pacific Coast
League in 1998 after the dissolution of the American
Association. The current Player Development Contract (PDC) with the
Chicago Cubs runs through 2012, ensuring that the I-Cubs remain the
Triple-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs through that date.

Their home
ballpark is Principal
Park (formerly
Sec Taylor Stadium), located at the confluence of the Des Moines and Raccoon Rivers. The franchise
attendance record of 576,310 was set in 2007. As of 2008, the
I-Cubs are owned by Raccoon Baseball, Inc., an ownership group led
by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
Michael Gartner. Sam Bernabe serves
as the team's president and general manager.

The mascot of the Iowa Cubs is "Cubbie Bear," a lovable brown bear,
who is often the Iowa Cubs' unofficial ambassador to schools and
charitable events throughout central Iowa.

Rod Beck gained national attention while
pitching for Iowa during his comeback for living in a mobile home
behind the team's Sec Taylor Stadium (now Principal Park) in Des
Moines. Beck warmly welcomed fans to drop by and visit, use his
restroom, and have some Coors Light from his refrigerator.

In 1993, Tuffy Rhodes hit an extra-inning home
run to win the American Association championship for the Iowa
Cubs. After failing to latch on to a major league team, in 1995,
Rhodes went on to a successful career playing in Nippon Professional Baseball in
Japan, where he currently is the career NPB home run leader by a
non-Japanese player with 430 home runs.

Current Iowa pitcher Neal Cotts was the
only relief pitcher to earn a
win in the 2005 World Series when he pitched with the
Chicago White Sox. Cotts pitched
in all four games of the World Series and was the winning pitcher
Game 2. That year, he was named "Setup Man of the Year Award" by
Major League Baseball.

In addition to these players, Mike Quade,
later third base coach for the Chicago Cubs, managed the Iowa Cubs
from 2003 to 2006. Former Chicago Cubs manager Bruce Kimm is an Iowa native who managed the Iowa
Cubs from 2001 to 2002. St. Louis
Cardinals manager Tony La Russa
managed the Iowa Oaks in 1979 prior to becoming manager for the
Chicago White Sox.